Kissimmee Police Try To Revoke Man's Bond

November 12, 1985|By Gina Thomas of The Sentinel Staff

KISSIMMEE — Police want the bond revoked for a Kissimmee man, who in September eluded police for 21 hours, because investigators say he has threatened to ''blow up'' the spouse-abuse shelter where his girlfriend has been living.

The conditions of Robert Yauch's release on $50,000 bond prevent him from going within a 1/4-mile of the shelter and from contacting his girlfriend, Nanci Vinci, by telephone or in person.

Police reports show Yauch, 46, has telephoned Vinci at the shelter and said he would ''blow it up.'' On three different occasions, the report said, Yauch went to the facility that temporarily houses battered women and their children.

Kissimmee Lt. John Sutphin said police want to bring the matter before Osceola Circuit Judge Rom Powell this week. He said police reports have been forwarded to the Osceola state attorney's office for review.

Yauch was arrested Sept. 4 after twice bolting from police. The first time, Yauch fled through a police blockade at the Sun Club apartments; the second time he escaped from a Carroll Street welding shop.

Police had been summoned to the Central Avenue complex Sept. 3 by neighbors who said they heard a woman's screams coming from Yauch's apartment. Vinci ran from the apartment when two officers arrived.

Yauch is charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, discharging a firearm and resisting arrest without violence. Police confiscated two rifles and six pistols from the apartment.

Yauch's attorney, Garrick Fox, said Monday he will oppose efforts to revoke his clients' bond. Garrick said Yauch checked himself into the Orange County Crisis Center on Friday; he does not know when Yauch will be released.

Court records show Yauch posted bond and was released Oct. 18. On Oct. 20, Yauch went to the shelter twice. On Oct. 25, he threatened to ''blow it up,'' according to the report dated Oct. 25.

After the threats, Assistant State Attorney Neil Arther requested conditions be set on Yauch's bond. Powell concurred on Oct. 24. Last Thursday, police said Yauch again went to the shelter, but was not arrested.